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This is why investors want financial regulators to tackle climate risk

GreenBiz

Many readers will be familiar with Lewis’s book "The Big Short," which documented how excesses in global credit markets spawned a worldwide financial crisis. Climate change falls squarely in this category. Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk ," produced by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, exhorts U.S.

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Canada is sleeping on the energy transition

Corporate Knights

A study published in the journal Nature found that Canada alone will face $100 billion in stranded assets by 2036, representing 35% of the book value of oil and gas properties for all oil and gas issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

The shrivelled Rhine of 2018 became a harbinger of the devastating impact that climate change will have on the backbone of the German economy. You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon. On the face of it, it is.

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Blog by Fred van Beuningen: Climate and the cost of inaction

Clean Tech Delta

A system change compass. In 2008 Mark Lynas , a science writer, published his book Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet. He is back now with his final warning; Six Degrees of Climate Emergency. In the twelve years since the first book was published, the situation has not improved.

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Defining Sustainable Economic Systems – Development vs Growth

Richard Matthews

Our economic system has failed to address long-standing threats like climate change, biodiversity loss, disease, water scarcity, and inequality. One of the byproducts of this form of economy is massive levels of climate change-causing greenhouse gas (GHG).

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Gas turbine delays are giving renewables an edge

Corporate Knights

Rather than potentially overinvest in the face of rising demand and suffer the consequence of falling prices, GE Vernova and its competitors are committed to capital discipline, lengthening their order book, and defending shareholder value.

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Fueling Disinformation: How Big Oil Obstructs Climate Education

Richard Matthews

As reported by Newsweek , an NCSE survey revealed that teachers offer their students very little climate education and when they do, it is often inaccurate (60% of teachers are unaware of the scientific consensus on climate change). trillion climate-focused infrastructure bill. Petro-pedagogy targeting kids.